The Coleoptera of the British Islands. Vol. I-VI
- Publisher : Reeve
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 200 hand-col + 5 plain plates
Description:
The rare illustrated, large paper edition.
Nissen ZBI 1415.
Condition
6 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth. Three vols professionally rebacked, retaining orig. backstrips. Occasional light foxing. Plates bright and clean. Very good set. Book-plate of British coleopterist, Eric Gowing-Scopes (1913-2007) to each volume. Also with original owner's name, J.B, Bowring, neatly inscribed to verso of front free endpaper of the first five vols.